Deploying Windows Server 2008

Exercise: Using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)Toolkit

Exercise 1: Installing Windows Server 2008 R2

Exercise 2: Configuring Server Core

Exercise 3: Enabling Remote Management

Exercise 1: Adding the DNS and DHCP Server Roles

Exercise 2: Managing Server Core

Exercise: Planning Volume Activation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan Windows Server 2008 R2 installations.

Perform a Windows Server 2008 R2 installation.

Configure Windows Server 2008 R2 following installation.

Automate server activation using Microsoft Volume Activation.

This module describes the various deployment technologies available for use with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

Lesson 1: Selecting a Deployment Strategy

Lesson 2: Using the Windows Automated Installation Kit

Lesson 3: Working with Images

Lesson 4: Working with Unattended Answer Files

Exercise 1: Verifying the Configuration of WAIK

Exercise 2: Creating an Answer File

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Select a suitable deployment strategy.

Describe the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).

Describe the different types of images.

Perform an unattended Windows Server 2008 R2 installation.

This module explains how to create and deploy custom system images by using Windows Deployment Services and images.

Lesson 1: Overview of Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

Lesson 2: Implementing Deployment with WD

Lesson 3: Maintaining Images

Exercise 1: Installing and configuring WDS

Exercise 2: Creating Operating System Images with WDS

Exercise 3: Using an Unattended File with WDS

Exercise 4: Configuring Custom Computer Naming for Large-Scale Deployments

Exercise 5: Deploying Images with WDS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the important features and functionality of WDS.

Configure WDS in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Perform deployments with WDS.

This module explains how to deploy and create custom system images for common server configurations by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.

Lesson 1: Introducing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Lesson 2: Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Lesson 3: Maintaining Images with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Exercise 1: Installing MDT 2010

Exercise 2: Configuring MDT 2010

Exercise 3: Creating an MDT 2010 Build

Exercise 4: Creating Deployment Points

Exercise 5: Performing a Lite-Touch Deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the MDT.

Use the MDT for low and zero-touch deployments.

Use MDT to maintain image files.

This module explains how to upgrade and migrate Active Directory directory service from Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2.

Lesson 1: Overview of Upgrading Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory

Lesson 2: Upgrading Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2008 R2

Exercise 1: Preparing the Existing Forest

Exercise 2: Deploying a Windows Server 2008 R2 DC

Exercise 3: Removing Legacy Domain Controllers

Exercise 4: Enabling New Active Directory Features

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the considerations and changes resulting from the Active Directory upgrade.

Upgrade a legacy forest.

This module provides guidance for upgrading and migrating file and print servers from Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2. This module also includes guidance for upgrading and migrating application and Web servers from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2.

Lesson 1: Introducing the Windows Server Migration Tools

Lesson 2: Migrating File and Print Servers

Lesson 3: Migrating Web and Application Servers

Exercise 1: Installing and Configuring the File and Print Server Roles

Exercise 2: Enabling Windows Server Migration Tools

Exercise 3: Migrating File and Print Services

Exercise 4: Verifying the migration of file and print services

Exercise 1: Installing the Required Roles on Windows Server 2008 R2

Exercise 2: Installing the Migration Tools

Exercise 3: Migrating the Application

Exercise 4: Verifying the Migration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Windows Server Migration Tools.

Upgrade file and print servers.

Upgrade Web and application servers.

This module provides guidance for upgrading and migrating branch offices and Remote Access Services to Windows Server 2008 R2.

Lesson 1: Implementing Read-Only Domain Controllers

Lesson 2: Implementing Remote Infrastructure

Exercise 1: Enabling the Forest to Support RODC Deployment

Exercise 2: Deploying the RODC Role on Server Core

Exercise 3: Creating the Branch Office Site

Exercise 4: Securing the RODC

Exercise 1: Configuring BranchCache on a Server

Exercise 2: Configuring Client-Side BranchCache Settings

Exercise 3: Verify BranchCache Functionality

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement read-only domain controllers (RODC) to support branch offices.

Implement remote infrastructure features to support branch offices.

This module provides guidance for migrating existing workloads to a virtual machine environment using the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V role.

Lesson 1: Overview of Microsoft Virtualization

Lesson 2: Installing Hyper-V

Lesson 3: Migrating workloads to Hyper-V

Exercise 1: Planning to Migrate Workloads

Exercise 2: Deploying the Hyper-V Role

Exercise 3: Creating Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, and Virtual Hard Disks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Microsoft server virtualization solutions.

Install and configure Hyper-V.

Plan the migration of workloads to Microsoft virtual machines.